Mississippi Music and Culture

Question 1

True or false: James Earl Jones was born in 1931.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

Which family is known as America's First Family of Football?

Accepted Answer

Manning Family

Question 3

True or false: Oprah Winfrey was born in Jackson, MS.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

Which artist sold over 40 million albums?

Accepted Answer

Faith Hill

Question 5

What is the main focus of the Delta Music Institute?

Accepted Answer

Music industries

Question 6

What is the name of the famous Mississippi football family?

Accepted Answer

Manning Family

Question 7

True or false: The USA International Ballet Competition is held in Jackson.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

Who was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1974?

Accepted Answer

Ralph Boston

Question 9

Who was the first integrated high school class member in Mississippi?

Accepted Answer

Walter Payton

Question 10

True or false: Charley Patton was a famous blues musician.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

Who is known as the Singing Brakeman?

Accepted Answer

Jimmie Rodgers

Question 12

Which Mississippi artist is famous for pottery?

Accepted Answer

George Ohr

Question 13

What year was the Mississippi Blues Commission established?

Accepted Answer

2006

Question 14

True or false: The Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi was established in 1973.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Which Mississippi artist is known for landscape paintings?

Accepted Answer

Marie Hull

Question 16

Which artist is known as the King of Blues?

Accepted Answer

B.B. King

Question 17

Which artist is known as the King of Blues?

Accepted Answer

B.B. King

Question 18

True or false: Elvis Presley was born in Jackson, MS.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

True or false: Jerry Rice played for the Chicago Bears.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

True or false: The Blues Archive was established in 1984.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

What is the name of the Mississippi artist known for embroidery?

Accepted Answer

Ethel Wright Mohamed

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